171 S.E. 742 | W. Va. | 1933
On January 19, 1932, charges were preferred against Osa Snodgrass, a teacher in Elizabeth Independent District of Wirt County, under the provisions of section 6, article 7, chapter 18 of the Code. The board of education, after a protracted hearing, on February 3, 1932, sustained the charges and immediately dismissed the teacher. On May 7, 1932, the circuit court of Wirt County awarded a writ of certiorari under the provisions of section 2, article 3 of chapter 53 of the Code, and the proceeding was removed to that court. Upon a review by the circuit court of Wirt County, the finding of the board of education was set aside and the teacher ordered to be re-instated. *306
The function of certiorari has been considerably expanded by the statute, under the terms of which (Code,
Without recounting in detail the evidence in the 145-page printed record before us, we deem it sufficient to say that that record has been painstakingly examined and its contents carefully weighed. From the carefully prepared written opinion of the learned trial judge, made a part of the record before us, there can be no doubt of the pains bestowed upon the case in the circuit court. We find no reason pointed out in the briefs nor contained in the record for disturbing the judgment of the circuit court of Wirt County upon this writ of error. That judgment will, therefore, be affirmed.
Affirmed. *307